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Food & Beverage - January, 2025

274 articles

• McDonald's Settles Suit Over Latino College Scholarships
• $577M In Virus Fraud Cases At Risk Unless Congress Acts: IG
• En Banc Pa. Court Restores $2.3M Injury Award Against Domino's
• Hippie Whippy Nitrous Maker Hit With Wrongful Death Suit
• DOJ Says Agri Stats Case About 'Broad' Ploy, Not Specific Data
• January's IPO Market Was Active Despite Tepid Debuts
• Texas Demands Jury Trial In 'Forever Chemical' Suit
• Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
• After High Court, SuperValu's $123M FCA Case Heads To Trial
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
• Judge Approves TGI Fridays To Sell 17 More Restaurants
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FDA's Red No. 3 Ban Reshapes Food Safety Legal Landscape
• Grocery Chain Investor Sues Over Systems Upgrade Claims
• Topgolf Underpays Its Servers, Class Action Says
• Erewhon, Mother's Market Sued Under Prop 65 For Lead In Chips
• Perdue Loses Bid To Halt DOL's Whistleblower Process
• Ex-Partners Used Co. Money For Other Biz Ventures, Suit Says
• 1st Circ. Restores Endangered Whale's Cape Cod Protections
• Amazon Can't Lob 'Hail Mary' In Price-Gouging Suit, AG Says
• Historic Soda Co. Says Ex-Officer's Lease Suit Is 'Revenge'
• Scope And Nature Of Judicial Relief Will Affect Loper's Impact
• Nutrisystem Hit With Privacy Suit In Philly
• Takeaways From Jack Daniel's Latest Dog Toy Win
• Food Co. Says Ex-Manager Hoodwinked Customers For Rivals
• Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger
• Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Turkey Buyers' $32M Cargill Price-Fix Deal Scores Early OK
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Sanctions Miss, Philip Morris Refund
• What Vinyl Acetate's Prop 65 Listing Means For Cos.
• Food Co. Pays $950K To Settle Claims Over Ineligible Bidding
• Turkey Producers Say Burford Unit's Suit Is Purely Profit-Led
• Albertsons Must Face County's Opioid Nuisance Claims
• 5th Circ. Rejects Outside Bid To Defend CFPB Small-Biz Rule
• 8th Circ. Rejects Oglala Rancher's Cattle Theft Appeal
• Senate Confirms Former Rep. Lee Zeldin To Lead EPA
• Fla. Judge OKs Settlement In Energy Drink Co. Bankruptcy
• Japanese Candy Biz Loses Trademark Fight With Rival Seller
• Curaleaf To Pay $31.8M In Pot Farm Contract Row
• 2nd Circ. Rejects NY Tribe's Eel Fishing Regs Challenge
• 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
• More Environmental Claims, More Greenwashing Challenges
• Ex-Sen. Menendez Gets 11 Years For Bribes, Abuse Of Power
• RFK Jr. Disputes Anti-Vax Label In HHS Confirmation Hearing
• DOL, Zoup Wage Deal Approved On 2nd Try
• Trade Groups Dial Up Push For Congress To Pass Privacy Law
• CFPB, Bank Orgs Rebuff Intervention Bid In Data Rule Fight
• Trump's Colombian Clash Could Boost China's Trade Appeal
• 9th Circ. Backs Class Attys' $8M In Fees In Joint Juice Suit
• 19 Republican State AGs Press Costco To End DEI Policies
• Baker Botts Atty Says Inventor's Defamation Claims Are False
• Feds, Enviro Orgs. Look To Sink Farm's 'Swampbuster' Challenge
• Nestle Plant Can Switch Power Providers, Ga. Justices Rule
• Trader Joe's Accused Of Badly Stocked 401(k), High Fees
• Menendez Says Any Prison Time Should Wait For Appeal
• Paul Hastings, Cravath Lead Smithfield's Reduced $522M IPO
• Mich. Steakhouse Drops $2M Negligence Suit Against Atty
• 6th Circ. Seems Cold To Dairy Queen Franchisee's Sale Appeal
• Faegre Drinker Adds Ex-Smithfield Foods Deputy GC In DC
• Pilgrim's Pride, Investors Ink $41.5M Price-Fixing Deal
• Gerber, Nestle Sued Over Claims Of Metal In Baby Food
• Ga. Appeals Panel Revives Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm
• Walmart Hit With False Ad Suit Over Instant Mac And Cheese
• Compass Group Illegally Solicits Genetic Info, Suit Says
• Fed Fisheries Seek Win In Tide Gate Fight Over Salmon
• Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
• 4 Things The Menendez Trial Judge Will Weigh At Sentencing
• Fla. Judge Accused Of Bias In Energy Drink Co. Ch. 11
• Fla. Judge Won't Recuse Over 'Adverse Ruling' In CBD Row
• Royal Canin Ruling Won't Transform Removal Jurisdiction
• Fed. Circ. Partly Revives Steuben's Win In $38M IP Trial
• Ex-Koch Managers Ask 11th. Circ. To Undo Assault Verdict
• Deere Loses Fed. Circ. Bid To Revive Seeding Patent Fight
• Agri Stats Demands Details On DOJ's Info-Sharing Claims
• Scorned Hot Dog Biz Buyer Urges NC Justices To Revive Suit
• Campbell's Unit Accused Of Failing To Pay For Off-Clock Work
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons
• Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
• Circle K Fails To Pay For Travel Costs, Manager Says
• 'Bad Spaniels' Toy Dilutes, Doesn't Infringe Jack Daniel's TM
• Vape Maker Seeks Exit From Suit Over Delta-9 THC Levels
• Chinese, Thai And Vietnamese Paper Plates Hit With Duties
• Takeaways From FDA's Updated Confirmatory Trial Guidance
• Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2025
• Connecticut Lawmaker Files Cannabis Cafe Bill
• Walmart Strikes Deal To End Delivery Driver's Wage Suit
• Turkey Buyers Get Classes Certified For Antitrust Claims
• Starbucks Claims Ex-Exec Owes Company $830K
• The Most Important Schedule I Drug Regulatory Shifts Of 2024
• NY Federal Judge Urged To OK $149M Grain Exporter Award
• UPS Penalty Demonstrates Goodwill Impairment Red Flags
• Trump's Pick To Lead EPA Advances In Senate
• Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Kroger Faces EEOC Suit Over Cancer Disability Bias Claims
• Wayne-Sanderson Flouting Wage-Fix Settlement, DOJ Says
• Campbell's Soup Store Racks Infringe Patents, Judge Says
• 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny
• 8th Circ. Finds Monsanto PCB Case Can Stay In Federal Court
• Wyden Urges National Standard For Hemp Regulation
• 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
• Nationwide Unit Needn't Cover Self-Dealing Suit, Court Says
• Menendez Loses 2nd Bid For New Trial As Sentencing Nears
• US, Vietnam Reach Deal To Settle Lengthy Fish Duty Dispute
• Stanley Tumbler Lead Contamination Suit Gets Shelved
• Mondelez Fights Candy-Flavored Energy Drink Label Claims
• Bacon Giant Smithfields Leads 3 IPOs Primed To Exceed $1B
• Stoel Rives Adds Tech, IP Partner From Stubbs Alderton
• Amazon Says New Ruling Can't Save Price-Gouging Suit
• Fee Sanctions Upheld For 'Frivolous' Defamation Suit
• 4 Of 8 From Alleged Bronx Beer Heist Squad In Plea Talks
• TTAB Shuts Down USA Ham's Bid To Register Meat Mark
• Pactiv Evergreen's $6.7B Sale To Novolex Goes Unchallenged
• The Fed. Circ. In 2024: 5 Major Rulings To Know
• Harassment By Workers Upends Retaliation Suit, Farm Says
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Trump, Musk Sued By Nonprofits Over DOGE Transparency
• No Conflict In Judge's Friendship, John Deere, Farmers Say
• Instacart, Uber Team Up Against Driver Job Security Law
• Ex Raided Conn. Burrito Joint's TM, Co. Accounts, Suit Says
• Walgreens Can't Hold Great-Grandson To Decade-Old TM Deal
• SEC Says Food Tech Startup Overstated Revenue By $550M
• Little Caesars Reaches Deal Over 'Pizza Puff' Injunction Stay
• Drink Maker Celsius Settles SEC's Accounting Claims For $3M
• NYC Mall Lenders, Developer Want Foreign Investor Suit Nixed
• Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
• Prime Sports Drink Fight In Wrong Venue, Chancery Finds
• Hawaii Bill Seeks To Make Renter Tax Credit Permanent
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FTC Accuses Pepsi Of Giving Advantage To Favored Retailer
• IP Forecast: Mass. Court To Hear Inequitable Conduct Fight
• 2nd Circ. Revives Wonderful Pistachios' Trade Dress Case
• How DOGE's Bite Can Live Up To Its Bark
• Trump EPA Pick Faces Climate Questions, Dodges Details
• Colo. AG Wants Ruling In Case Grocers' Merger Is Resurrected
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judge Bids Adieu, TikTok Wants Out
• EU Hits China-Based Artificial Sweetener With Import Tax
• FTC Fights Southern Glazer's Bid To Seal Pricing Allegations
• US Olympic Committee, Logan Paul Drink Co. Settle TM Suit
• Hearthside Proposes $30M In Ch. 11 Key Employee Bonuses
• Cleveland-Cliffs Sets Sights On US Steel, And More Rumors
• Defense Fights Privilege Waiver In $250M COVID Fraud Case
• Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• SEC Says Restaurant Tech Co. Misled Investors On AI Product
• Abbott's Toddler Nutrition Drinks Aren't Healthy, Parents Claim
• Buyers In Cheese Co. Deal Fight To Keep Claims In Fla.
• Grocer, Insurers Must Produce Docs In NC Opioid Row
• Pa.-Based Friendly's Franchisees Freed From Wage Theft Suit
• Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
• In-N-Out Hit With Don-Doff Pay Suit By Former Workers
• Celsius Drink Co. Overstated Pepsi Partnership, Investor Says
• Judge Warns DOJ: Settle Burger Forfeiture Suit Or Pay Up
• Chubb Unit Seeks Exit From Bar's $105M Drunken Driving Suit
• No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
• FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3, Citing Cancer Link In Animal Studies
• Canada Greenlights $18B Viterra-Bunge Grain Deal
• Mass. Justices Bolster Local Enforcement Of Tobacco Laws
• Poultry Co. Cuts Deal To End Black Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
• FTC Brings Right-To-Repair Suit Against John Deere
• Justices Say Nixing Federal Claims Ends Federal Jurisdiction
• ACT Mouthwash Label Poses Risk For Kids, Parents Claim
• Vt. Judge Upends Visa Denial For José Andrés Ham Carver
• 5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2025
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
• EPA Warns Of Possible Forever Chemical Risk In Fertilizer
• NY Plastic Pollution Verdict May Not Bode Well For Other Suits
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Cape Cod Restaurants' Ordinance Case
• Wage Violations Get NC Farmers Kicked Out Of H-2A Program
• Meat Giant JBS To Address Child Labor In $4M DOL Deal
• Amid Claims Of Agency Bias, DEA Judge Nixes Pot Hearings
• Justices Urged To Uphold 'Sanctity' Of $11M Patent Verdict
• McDonald's Sued Over College Scholarship For Latinos
• They Don't Do IP Like That In Europe, Justices Told
• Trump Taps Gibson Dunn Partner For EPA's No. 2 Post
• Acting USPTO Chief Won't Review Seed IP Challenge Denial
• Moroccan Fertilizer Co. Takes US To Task Over Duty Probe
• Justices Won't Hear Farming Partnership's Crop Policy Fight
• Houston Jury Clears Austin Whiskey Maker In Landry TM Row
• Feds Say NC Medical Biz Owner Overbilled For Nutrient Drinks
• Supreme Court Turns Away IP Safe Harbor Dispute
• High Court Skips 9th Circ. Sesame Oil TM Decision
• Justices Reject Utah's Effort To Wrest Land From Feds
• Landry's Resorted To 'Nasty' Tactics In TM Row, Jury Told
• Fla. Bank Sues Cargill Over $18M In Fraudulent Transfers
• Hog Supplier's Contract Tussle With Smithfield OK'd For Trial
• 2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism
• FDA Issues Infant Formula Safety Strategy
• Feds Ask 15 Years For Menendez In Case Of 'Historical Rarity'
• 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
• Wonderful Pistachios Defeats Worker's Shed-Trapping Appeal
• Kroger Drops FTC Constitutionality Fight After Nixed Merger
• Whiskey Maker Says 'Landry' Name Use 'Isn't Just About Me'
• Grocers Say Nothing Left To Fight In Colo. Merger Challenge
• Ark. Cites 4th Circ. Ruling In Dispute Over Hemp THC Limit
• How Trump 2.0 May Change Business In Latin America
• AFL-CIO, SEIU Promise Expanded Power With Reaffiliation
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
• Surprise NC COVID Ruling Revises Reasonable Expectations
• SharkNinja Customer Sues For $3.75M After Blender Explodes
• UK Supermarkets Fear Higher Costs Amid Tax Changes
• Beer Sales Rep Can't Show Lasting Harm From Noncompete
• Kraft Heinz Set For March Trial Over Food Factory Overhaul
• Group Alleges $10M 'Sham' In Fla. Plant-Based Co. Stock Deal
• Farm Owner Can't Claim $6.5M For Border Wall, 5th Circ. Told
• Insurer To Fight Limits In Smucker's Salmonella Coverage Suit
• Welch's Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Alleged Harasser Rehire Order
• Shoppers Say Kroger Merger Suit Still Alive After Nixed Deal
• Black Ex-Poultry Worker Wants Secret Recordings In Bias Trial
• Complying With Seasonal Product Labeling Requirements
• Judge Laments Atty's $32K Sanctions Saga In Tasty Bias Case
• Jones Day, Ropes & Gray Build $795M Deal For Simple Mills
• Abbott Beats UC Regents' Probiotic Patent Claims
• DOL Searching For SC Farm Workers Owed $132K In Wages
• Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Starbucks' Former IP Head Joins Davis Wright In Seattle
• Alcohol Warnings Unlikely To Bring Same Fate Tobacco Faced
• 4th Circ. Says Farm Bill Does Not Preempt Va. Hemp Law
• Mont. Bill Floats Mine, Data Center Property Tax Changes
• Fla. Crash Victims Can't Get Insurer Payout In Revised Suits
• 5 Drug And Device Developments That Shaped 2024
• How To Manage During A Trade Dispute With USMCA Partners
• Coffee Co. Says Exporter Owes $18M For Missing Shipments
• US Foods Slapped With Class Wage Suit By Ex-Seattle Worker
• Starbucks Says It Can Target Inventor In Mobile Ordering Feud
• Wash. Panel Won't Boot Subway Wage Dispute To Arbitration
• Calif. Panel Says Individual PAGA Claims Belong In Arbitration
• Wash. Labor Dept. Escapes Union's Farm Wage Challenge
• 'Pizza Puff' Maker Fights Little Caesars' Injunction Stay Bid
• Artist Tells Justices To Protect His 'Stupid Banana'
• Farm Owners, Rail Co. Spar Over Toxic Spill Trial Evidence
• Ga. Developer Says Insurer Shorted Roof Repair Coverage
• Prepared Foods Co. Accused Of Duping CEO With Stock Plan
• FDA Issues Guidance On Lead Levels In Some Baby Foods
• Texas Restaurant Illegally Claims Tip Credit, Server Says
• Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
• Paul Hastings, Cravath Steer Pork Giant Smithfield's IPO Filing
• 2nd Circ. Says Argent Can't Force ESOP Suit To Arbitration
• US Wants More Time To Counter Altria's $106M Tax Refund Bid
• Panera Stiffed Catering Staff Out Of OT Pay, PAGA Suit Says
• Calif. Tribes Sue Casino Card Rooms Under New Law
• FTC Dems Eye Merger Review, Noncompete Legacy
• Honeygrow Accused Of Taxing Bottled Water At Pa. Location
• Food Delivery App Inks $80M Deal To End SPAC Merger Suit
• Orchard Settles 'Criminal Enterprise' Defamation Suit
• Calif. Captive Audience Meeting Ban Hit With Legal Challenge
• Menendez Cites 'Good Deeds' In Bid To Avoid Prison
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Alcohol Should Have Cancer Warnings, Surgeon General Says
• Anchorage Residents Look To Block Tribal Casino Project
• Stanley Cup Maker Sued Over Alleged Lid Hazard
• Southern Comfort Malt Liquor Buyers Score False Ad Cert.
• Product Safety Issues In 2024 Highlight Need For Vigilance
• ERISA Can't Shield Packaging Co. From Genetic Privacy Suit
• Lessons Learned From 2024's Top ADA Decisions
• Uber Can't Hold Off Seattle Driver Deactivation Law
• Ill. Atty Can't Avoid Prison Pending Bribery Appeal
• Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• The 6 Most Significant FCRA Litigation Developments Of 2024
• 3 Things To Know About 9th Circ. Ruling In $56M Beer Battle
• Ex-Trader Joe's Exec Can't Revive Sex Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Mass. Atty Accused Of Botching Bias Case, Misleading Client
• Food Service Tech Biz Buys PE-Owned Delaget In $132M Deal
• An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
• The Top Sports & Betting Cases To Keep An Eye On In 2025
• Top Personal Injury, Med Mal Rulings Of 2024
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2025
• Trademark Cases To Watch In 2025
• Patent Cases To Watch In 2025
• California Legislation And Regulations To Watch In 2025
• Cannabis Advocates Hone Their Policy Goals For 2025
• Cannabis And Hemp Lawsuits To Watch In 2025
• Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2025
• Connecticut Cases To Watch In 2025: Ethics, Mergers & Actors